Executive Director
Susan Mantel

As Executive Director, Susan Mantel works with the Board of Directors to develop & execute strategies for increasing research into lung cancer and raising awareness of the country’s leading cancer killer.  She also helps Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer collaborate with like-minded organizations across the country to achieve the common goal of finding more effective diagnostic tools, treatments, and ultimately a cure for lung cancer.

Prior to joining Joan’s Legacy, Susan served as a Senior Marketing Manager for Pfizer, Inc., where she executed initiatives to develop and introduce new products and instituted a number of educational and training programs for physicians, as well as Pfizer’s sales force. Previously, she worked in the worldwide health care practice for The Boston Consulting Group.

Susan has been actively involved with not-for-profit organizations for many years. As an independent consultant, board member and volunteer, she has made important contributions for organizations including Action Against Hunger, Mustard Seed Communities, and The International Rescue Committee.

She holds an M.B.A. from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. from Haverford College.

Director of Development
Gretchen McGarry

As Director of Development, Gretchen McGarry works with the Board of Directors to execute the Foundation’s development initiatives. She oversees fundraising activities for Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer and works to generate contributed support in the form of gifts, grants, bequests and other individual, corporate, and foundation sources to fund innovative research into lung cancer.

Gretchen brings with her over six years of health and human services development experience.  Prior to joining Joan’s Legacy, Gretchen served as Development Director at the NY Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, where she was directly responsible for the planning, execution and management of fundraising programs.  Before that she worked closely with medical professionals to raise funds at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center and The Skin Cancer Foundation. 

McGarry holds a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and a B.A. from University of Miami. 

Development and Operations Assistant
Marybeth McMenemon

Marybeth McMenemon joined Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer in September 2007 as Development and Operations Assistant.  In that role, she works closely with the Director of Development and Events Manager on Joan’s Legacy’s special events and fund-raising efforts as well as with the Executive Director on financial management and other administrative responsibilities.

Marybeth holds a B.A. from SUNY Oswego, where she played an active role in fundraising and special events.